And who could blame him one damn bit. But that's the MJS comments section for you: Mean as Hell and worse, not funny. (Although, "good ridance!" is funny, but still more sad because it's not meant to be.)
eta: Mr. Haynes's own comment generated 20 "thumbs down" from MJS readers, in a sense demonstrating the futility of his exercise.
I rarely leave the comments section of a MJS article without feeling depressed. It's not the nastiness of the posts so much as the lack of effort. I enjoy reading a good mean spirited rhetorical ass whooping. Most of the MJS comments are just name calling.
ReplyDeleteEvery once in awhile there's a valuable insight, or an insider's perspective on some news story, but the signal-to-noise ratio makes it not worth the effort to look for them.
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